Illinois · Nonprofit
MACON COUNTY CASA
MACON COUNTY CASA (Illinois) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,995,514 to it, the largest being ILLINOIS ASSOCIATION OF COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES ($1,165,568). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $521k
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $2.0M
- Net assets
- $463k
What Macon County Casa does
Mission
Heartland casa advocates for the best interest of abused and neglected children who are in the custody of the state of illinois and under the protection of the macon and dewitt county courts.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
On its FY2024 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
In may the organization was approved to expand services in two more counties: christian and moultrie counties.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Heartland casa is dedicated to advocating for the best interests of abused and neglected children in the custody of the state of illinois and under the protection of the macon, dewitt, christian, and moultrie county courts. Through the dedication of highly trained volunteer advocates, heartland casa has helped ensure that children's voices are heard in court, supported timely permanency outcomes, and strengthened collaboration among child welfare professionals, caregivers, and community partners. By providing consistent, one-on-one advocacy and informed court recommendations, the organization has made a meaningful impact in promoting stability and brighter futures for vulnerable children.
$512,718 spent$705 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $512,718.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $775k to $467k (−40%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 9% · 2018 25% · 2019 31% · 2020 27% · 2021 31% · 2022 38% · 2023 31% · 2024 19% · 2025 72%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Blaine Smith
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 4 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $68k → $294k.
1 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of MACON COUNTY CASA’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
MACON COUNTY CASA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% of grant income and the top three 84%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
79% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund MACON COUNTY CASA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 51% · 2018 31% · 2019 37% · 2020 41% · 2021 42% · 2022 48% · 2023 76% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
75% of MACON COUNTY CASA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 78% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
87% of MACON COUNTY CASA's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $114k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Organizations like MACON COUNTY CASA
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
70% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MACON COUNTY CASA: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MACON COUNTY CASA?
- MACON COUNTY CASA (Illinois) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,995,514 to it, the largest being ILLINOIS ASSOCIATION OF COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES ($1,165,568). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MACON COUNTY CASA have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $1,995,514 in grants to MACON COUNTY CASA, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MACON COUNTY CASA?
- ILLINOIS ASSOCIATION OF COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES is the largest funder on record, with $1,165,568 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MACON COUNTY CASA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 9 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing